Vanderbilt will wait for Sunday opponent

Vanderbilt (35-22-1) will face the winner of Sunday’s early elimination game between Clemson (40-20) and UNC Greensboro (36-23). They play at noon. Vanderbilt will face the winner at 6 p.m. If the Commodores win Sunday night, they win the Regional and advance to the Super Regional. If they lose, the same two teams will play a Regional championship game at 3 p.m. Monday.

Kyle Wright was a workhorse in win

Wright, a junior right-hander, earned his third postseason win, but first as a starter. He threw 114 pitches in seven innings, giving up three earned runs on seven hits and striking out nine. Wright had been superb as a reliever in the postseason, serving a key role for the 2015 national runner-up team. But in his two postseason starts, he had given up 16 earned runs combined. Wright, a projected top-5 draft pick, was a workhorse in his final Regional appearance.

Vanderbilt has good pitching options

Despite carrying a thinner pitching staff than recent seasons and no permanent third starter, Vanderbilt still has some reasonably good options on the mound for one more game. But the bullpen would dry up if a Monday game was played. Freshman Drake Fellows has a 4-2 record in nine starts, but he’s only made one start in the past seven weeks. Matt Ruppenthal has pitched four innings or more in three straight starts. Chandler Day has a 7-2 record in 12 starts. And Reed Hayes could be used in short relief. Freshman Zach King pitched two innings to finish Saturday's game, but he may be available for a short stint Sunday.

Vanderbilt has been hard to beat in Sunday Regional games

Vanderbilt has an 11-4 record in Regional games played on Sunday during coach Tim Corbin’s tenure. Sometimes those have been elimination games. Sometimes those have been clinchers to advance to the Super Regional. Current players have only done the latter. The Commodores were eliminated before reaching Sunday in last year’s Regional. The 2014 and 2015 teams each won their Sunday clinching game to finish the Regional 3-0.

Will Toffey’s bat keeps getting hotter

Toffey, a junior third baseman, continued his offensive outburst Saturday, going 3-for-5. He is now 7-for-11 with five RBIs and five runs scored in the Regional, and he has a double in five consecutive games. In his last nine games, Toffey has hit .550 with five doubles, four home runs, 17 RBIs and 14 runs.

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